Sealey's, located on Cypress Street near Route 9, has fed hundreds of loyal customers for decades.

The restaurant's history goes back at least 100 years, when it was an ice cream stand operated by a man named Sealey, our news partners at Wicked Local/Brookline reported.

Sophie Vessiropoulos, the queen bee of Sealey's, said she agreed to sell the restaurant after someone made her a substantial offer.

Under the terms of the sale, Vessiropoulos is not allowed to say what the new owner will do with the space. She sold because the financial offer was too good to turn down.

"I had a good offer," she said. "I would have never given it up, but…I figured, ‘O.K., this is an opportunity for me. If I don't take it, who knows when the next one will come?'"

Nonetheless, the decision to close the legendary business was not an easy one.

"It was really hard," she said. "This was my life. Half of my life was here."

Vessiropoulos has owned Sealey's Lunch along with her husband, Tony, for almost 18 years. He was a cook at the restaurant for about seven years before he and Sophie bought it. Even before the Vessiropouloses came into the picture, the restaurant had the same name: Sealey's.

The place made a name for itself by offering inexpensive breakfast and lunch for high school students and locals. Even today, the prices at Sealey's were remarkably inexpensive for the area. A cheeseburger with fries or a salad, for example, cost $6.50.

When asked what's kept Sealey's around for so long, Vessiropoulos said it's a "four-letter word: Love."